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Raze permit applications recently submitted to the Historic Preservation Office for an administrative clearance are filed on the HPO website at: http://planning.dc.gov/node/958402 under "Attachments" see March 27 2015 entry. HPO provides this general public announcement because of the frequent neighborhood interest in raze applications.

Your comment conflates two different actions. There is a landmark application pending for 16 Grant Circle NW. Separately there is a landmark application pending for the creation of the Grant Circle Historic District, which would also include 16 Grant Circle NW, and for which the map is relevant.

Arguably, the building at 16 Grant Circle NW does not meet the criteria standards by which a building would likely meet to be considered truly "landmark-worthy." Hence the recommendation by the HPO staff report to not designate the building.

16 Grant Circle NW: This detached single-family home will be demolished to four feet above grade. The property was acquired by 16 Grant Circle LLC in January for $800,000.It is the subject of a historic landmark application, but the Historic Preservation Office has recommended denial.